Nick Kyrgios allayed fears over his fitness with an impressive straight sets victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of the French Open.

The Australian is struggling with hip and shoulder issues, and has been receiving daily physiotherapy treatment coming into Roland Garros.

He was forced to pull out of the Italian Open and lost to world No 94 Nicolas Kicker in Lyon last week. And after he was handed a nightmare draw here in Paris, few were holding out much hope for the 22-year-old in the season's second Grand Slam.

Nick Kyrgios overcame his injury problems to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber at the French Open

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World No 43 Kohlschreiber is an adept clay court player but Kyrgios made what looked on paper a difficult first round look easy with a 6-3 7-6 6-3 win.

'I saw the draw and I thought it was going to be very tough,' said Kyrgios after the match. 'He's been around for a long time now and he knows what to do to win matches. I think he's pretty comfortable on the clay.

'I served really well today at important times and played the right style of game to win today with what I had. Hopefully, I can keep going.'